Losing just 5% of weight in people newly diagnosed with diabetes can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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A recent research study found that cheese reduced insulin resistance in prediabetic rat models.
Getting enough exercise to offset the health impacts of sitting might be easier than you think, new research shows.
Smokeless tobacco products cause death and disability yet they are barely controlled in many countries.
Brief exposure to a family of chemicals used as flame retardants early in life can permanently alter fat levels in the blood and liver, raising the risk of liver cancer and heart disease.
Each extra hour of light activity above three hours cuts your risk of heart attack by 15%.
Some of the advice on eggs should be taken with a pinch of salt.
Sexism in cardiovascular research means that heart attacks are often missed in women. And that women are less likely to receive recommended therapies and rehabilitation opportunities.
Both diets can help to lower cholesterol, but which is better?
At the turn of the century, the greatest threats were posed by infectious diseases today, the biggest threats are posed by lifestyle diseases.
Having children is linked to a greater risk of heart attacks and stroke, but kids aren't completely bad for your health.
Stressful events can permanently damage your heart and increase your risk of death. Scientists have been discovering more about it.
Your risk of a heart attack increases 600 per cent within a week of catching the flu. The flu shot decreases that risk, whether you catch the flu or not.
Doctors have long acknowledged heart attacks are more likely to occur in cold weather. But now a major study has confirmed it.
Recent research suggests that biomarkers for dairy fat are inversely associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Taking low-dose aspirin daily doesn't delay the onset of disability in healthy older people. Nor does it prevent heart attack or stroke in those who hadn't experienced either condition before.
The researchers found a link between sleeping for longer than eight hours a night and getting heart disease or dying prematurely. But they didn't show the sleep duration caused these problems.
The final word on omega 3 supplements and heart health.
A new study has found too few Indigenous people are getting health checks, despite their elevated risk of heart problems.
As luxury housing developments swallow up agricultural land, they also diminish our food security and health.
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Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University
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Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney Local Health District &, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
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Senior research associate, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer on Health Care Policy, Harvard University
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster
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Professor, University of Guelph
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Emeritus Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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NHMRC Career Development Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Chair, AWASH and Senior Director, George Institute for Global Health
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Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute & Professor of Medical Biology, and an honorary principal fellow in the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Brett Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, University of Western Australia
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Professor (Hon) at Monash University, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
